Unit5 Using language 能力提升练
Ⅰ.阅读理解
Australia is no stranger to wildfires. The country’s weather patterns create heat and dryness, which fuel occasional bushfires in a natural cycle. However，one that started last September continues to burn, and it may not be natural at all. So far, the fire has burned 7.3 million hectares (73,000 square kilometers) of land, killing at least 28 people and destroying more than 3，000 homes in the process, reported The Telegraph. Scientists say that man-made climate change has played a role in the fire’s creation and duration.
“What we have are fires that might have occurred anyway,” Peter Gleick, a US climate scientist, told 77me.“But the extent, the severity, the intensity of these fires is far worse than it otherwise would have been without the fingerprints of climate change.”
According to Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology, the country’s temperatures have risen by more than one degree Celsius since 1920. The spring of 2019 was Australia’s driest in 120 years. In December, the country saw its hottest day ever, with an average temperature of 41.9℃.
“Due to enhanced evaporation in warmer temperatures，the vegetation and the soils dry out more quickly,” Stefan, Rahmstorf, a lead author of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fourth Assessment Report, told Time.
Worse still, researchers at the UK Bureau of Meteorology believe that wildfires like this might become “normal conditions” in the future, according to the BBC. They looked at 57 research papers published since 2013, which examined the relationship between climate change and the risk of wildfires. They found that the link between the two had already been observed in many parts of the world, including the western US, Canada, southern Europe, and even Scandinavia and Siberia.
“These are impacts we are seeing for one degree of global climate change, The impact will get worse if we don’t do what it takes to stabilize the world’s climate,” Corinne Le Quere, a professor from the University of East Anglia in the UK, told the BBC. “What we are seeing in Australia is not the ‘new normal’. It’s a transition to worse impacts.”
1.What do we know about the bushfire that began last September in Australia
A. It has done a lot of harm to people’s living environment.
B. It followed the laws of nature.
C. It was soon under control.
D. It was started on purpose.
2. What did researchers at the UK Bureau of Meteorology learn from the 57 research papers mentioned in the article
A. How human activities cause climate change.
B. Where deadly wildfires happen more often.
C. Whether climate change brings more wildfires.
D. Why climate change has drawn international attention.
3.What did Quere tell people in the last paragraph
A. The future of Australia.
B. Solutions to climate change.
C. The effects of wildfires.
D. The urgency of fighting climate change.
Ⅱ.完形填空
Leo Kellner loves helping people in the sweetest way possible—by baking them cakes and pies. The old man from Hastings, Nebraska, 1 his wife in 2012.They had been together for 72 years.
Since his wife passed away, Kellner took up 2 as a way to give back to the community. “I didn’t know what to do with myself,” Kellner said. “I was 3 all the time, and I thought I，d better do something that could make me get out of the 4 and be good to the community as well, and that’s how it started.”
That first year, Kellner made 144 pies for people in need. He contacted community organizations to let them know he’d like to connect with families having a 5 time. Kellner then started reaching out to those families, getting to know them, and baking some lovely cakes and pies during their time of need.
What he did made him widely known around the communities. And whenever people met him, they showed their 6 to him.
“I regard everybody as a 7 everybody even people that gave me an unpleasant time when things were going hard for me,” Kellner said.
Bom in 1918，Kellner lived through the Great Depression, when his family lost their farm. Kellner had to move from state to state as a teenager looking for possible 8 on farms to make a living. “I knew what it was to be 9 ，and a lot of times we just had vegetables and flour mixed up together, ” he said. “So as long as I can do it, I will lend a helping hand.”
And Kellner’s made quite an influence. “I’ve got friends from all over,” he said. “I’ve got thank-you cards from Alaska”. Through his baking, Kellner has helped the 10 a lot.
11 is powerful. Children begin to learn to cook so they can spread 12 just as he does.
Kellner believes that this interest just might be the secret to a long and 13 life.
Life constantly presents us with opportunities to take an extra step or do a kind deed that will make a 14 And the wonderful thing is that as we do, it changes things for the better for us too. Kindness is also a kind of noble cycle. It is twice blessed: it blesses him who 15 and him who receives.
1. A. married B. left C. lost D. abandoned
2. A. teaching B. trading C. acting D. baking
3. A. changing B. crying C. wandering D. complaining
4. A. danger B. difficult C. sadness D. anxiety
5. A. peaceful B. hard C. boring D. relaxing
6. A. expectation B. address C. merc D. respect
7. A. friend B. student C. partner D. neighbor
8. A. relatives B. schools C. work D. fortune
9. A. famous B. poor C. popular D. lonely
10. A. farm B. country C. organization D. community
11. A. Appearance B. Confidence C. Encouragement D. Kindness
12. A. news B. idea C. love D. knowledge
13. A. happy B. noisy C. crazy D. busy
14. A. deal B. wish C. career D. difference
15. A. deserves B. waits C. gives D. qualifies
Ⅲ.语法填空
（2020福建晋江安溪一中、养正中学、惠安一中、泉州实验中学高二上期末四校联考）
Around the end of the first century AD, a Roman writer called Pliny wrote about a terrible volcanic eruption that he 1 (witness) as a young man. The eruption had occurred on August 24th, 79 AD. The tragedy left 2 deep impression on Pliny 3 had lost an uncle in the eruption. However, more than 1,600 years later，some 4 (science) found that the lost towns had been buried under the ash of Mount Vesuvius. Pompeii is like a “time capsule” 5 (preserve) a frozen moment in history. 6 the eruption occurred, 7 had been a booming Roman city with temples，markets, restaurants and theaters. Today you can visit these buildings by walking along the 8 (origin) streets of the city. And 9 (many) than 250 years since excavations started, thousands of tourists and hundreds of scientists visit Pompeii every year 10 (learn) more about the ancient world.
1._______ 2._______ 3._______ 4._______ 5._______
6._______ 7._______ 8._______ 9._______ 10._______
参考答案：
Ⅰ.阅读理解
语篇解读：本文介绍了2019年在澳大利亚发生的森林大火及其带来的影响，并以此告诫人们应对气候变化的紧迫性。
1.A细节理解题。根据第一段中的 So far，the fire has burned7.3 million hectares（73,000 square kilometers）of land，killing at least 28 people and destroying more than 3,000 homes in the process可知这场大火给人们的生活环境带来了很大的伤害，故选A。
2.C细节理解题。根据第五段的第二句 They looked at 57 research papers published since 2013，which examined the relationship between climate change and the risk of wildfires（他们查阅了自2013年以来发表的57篇研究论文，这些论文研究了气候变化与野火风险之间的关系。）可知，这些科学家查阅的论文讨论的是气候变化和野火的发生之间的关系，故选C。
3.D推理判断题。最后一段中These are impacts we are seeing for one degree of global climate change. The impact will get worse if we don't do what it takes to stabilize the world's climate（这些都是我们看到的全球气候变化1度的影响。如果我们不采取措施稳定世界气候，其影响将会变得更糟）说明了气候变暖的危害，目的是告诉我们应对气候变暖的紧迫性，故选D。
Ⅱ.完型填空
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文，一位名叫Leo Kellner的老人为了走出失去妻子的痛苦，开始为社区里需要帮助的人做蛋糕之类的甜点。他的行为不仅帮助了有需要的人，也帮自己走出阴霾。
1.C考查动词辨析。此处表示“这位来自Hastings的老人在2012年失去了他的妻子”。A.嫁，娶；B.离开；C.失去；D.抛弃。根据下文中的passed away（去世）可知，老人的妻子去世了，所以他失去了妻子。故选C。
2.D考查动名词辨析。句意：自从他的妻子去世，Kellner就开始把烘焙食品当作是回报社区的方法。A.教书；B.贸易；C.表演；D烘焙。根据第一段第一句“Leo Kellner loves helping people in the sweetest way possible by baking them cakes and pies.”可知设空处应该用 baking。故选D。
3.B考查动词辨析。此处表示“我总是在哭，我想我最好做些事情来让自己走出悲伤”。A.改变；B.哭；C.游荡；D.抱怨。根据常识可知，亲人去世是使人伤心的事，对于年事已高的老人来说更是如此。此处用 crying符合语境。故选B。
4.C考查名词辨析。此处表示“做一些事情让我走出悲伤，并且对社区有益”。A危险；B.困难；C悲伤；D.焦虑。根据上文可知，妻子的去世让老人很悲伤。故选C。
5.B考查形容词辨析。A.和平的；B困难的；C.无聊的；D.令人放松的。根据本段最后一句中“baking some lovely cakes and pies during their time of need（在他们有需要的时候为他们做可爱的蛋糕和果馅派）”可知，老人帮助的是生活艰辛的家庭。故选B。
6.D考查名词辨析。此处表示“他所做的事情让他在社区变得很出名。无论何时人们遇到他，都会向他表达敬意”。A.期待；B称呼；C同情；D尊重。根据上下文可知，老人帮助别人，所以得到了大家的尊重。故选D。
7.A考查名词辨析。此处表示“我把每个人都当作是朋友”。A.朋友；B学生；C.搭档；D.邻居。根据上下文可知，老人是善良的人，所以把周围的人都当作朋友。故选A。
8.C考査名词辨析。A.亲戚；B.学校；C.工作；D.财富，运气。根据常识及后面的make a living可知，想要在那个特殊时期谋生，就不得不找工作。故选C。
9.B考查形容词辨析。句意：我明白穷是什么样的，很多时候我们都只能把蔬菜和面粉混合在一起（吃）……A.著名的；B穷的；C流行的；D孤独的。根据上文可知，在大萧条时期他们失去了自己的农场，当时还是孩子的 Kellner也不得不出去工作，说明生活很拮据。故选B。
10. D考査名词辨析。句意：通过他的烘焙，Kellner已经为这个社区带来了很多帮助。A.农场；B.国家；C组织；D.社区。根据上文可知，Kellner主要帮助社区里有困难的人。故选D。
11.D考查名词辨析。句意：善良是有力量的。A.外貌；B.信心；C.鼓励；D.善良。根据下文可知，Kellner的善心已经给孩子们带来影响，故选D。
12.C考查名词辨析。此处表示“他们可以像他一样把爱传播”。A新闻；B.主意；C爱；D.知识。根据上下文可知，孩子们学做食物的主要目的是帮助他人，而帮助他人就是对他人的爱和关心。故选C。
13.A考查形容词辨析。A.幸福的；B.吵闹的；C.疯狂的；D.繁忙的。根据上下文可知，老人非常愿意帮助他人，而且乐在其中。且本文从头到尾都在讲帮助他人的积极影响，所以此处应该选择一个符合上下文语境的词。故选A。
14.D考查名词辨析。句意：生活总是会给我们机会多走步，或者做能有影响的善举。A.待遇，协议；B愿望；C职业；D影响。make a difference（有影响，起作用）为固定短语。故选D。
15.C考查动词辨析。句意：…它祝福给予帮助的人，也祝福受到帮助的人。A.值得；B.等待；C给；D合格。根据句意可知，此处应该选择一个和receive相对的词。故选C。
Ⅲ.语法填空
语篇解读：本文介绍了著名的古罗马城市庞贝的一些情况。大约在公元一世纪末，一位名叫普林尼的罗马作家描写了一次可怕的火山喷发掩埋了庞贝古城，但是这座城市的地貌却被很完整地保存了下来。现在每年仍有成百上千的游客和科学家来这里参观，了解这段古老而又神秘的历史。
1. had witnessed考查动词的时态。句意：大约公元一世纪末，位名叫普林尼的罗马作家写了自己年轻时目睹的一次可怕的火山爆发。根据对句子结构的分析可知，设空处作从句的谓语。因为动词witness发生在动词wrote之前，所以要用过去完成时。故填had witnessed。
2. a考查冠词。此处是指那场悲剧给普林尼留下了深刻的印象。短语leave a deep impression on sb.表示“给某人留下深刻的印象”。故填a。
3. who考查关系代词。句意：那场悲剧给普林尼留下了深刻的印象，在那场火山爆发中，他失去了一个叔叔。根据对句子结构的分析可知，设空处引导定语从句，先行词是Pliny，关系词指代人且在定语从句中作主语，所以要用关系代词who。
4. scientists考查名词的复数。由语境可知，此处表示“科学家”，且结合设空处前的some可知，此处应用名词的复数形式。故填scientists。
5. preserving考查非谓语动词。句意：庞贝就像一个“时间胶囊”，保存着历史上一个冻结的时刻。preserve与其逻辑主语之间是主动关系，所以应用v.-ing的形式。故填 preserving。
6. Before考查连词。句意：在火山爆发之前，它是一座繁荣的罗马城市，这里有寺庙、市场、餐馆和剧院。根据句意可知应填 Before。
7. it考查代词。设空处作主语，要用人称代词it指代前面的名词Pompeii，故填it。
8. original考查形容词。句意：现在你可以沿着这座城市原来的街道漫步来参观这些建筑物。根据对句子结构的分析可知，设空处应用形容词来修饰后面的名词 streets origin的形容词是original，表示“原来的，最初的”，符合语境。
9. more考查比较级。根据空后的than可知，这里要用many的比较级more，短语 more than表示“多于，超出”。
10. to learn考查非谓语动词。根据句意可知，此处表示目的，要用动词不定式 to learn，这里表示“为了了解”之意。
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